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We traveled through the night and got to Cozumel a little before 7. We’ve been cleared for a couple of hours. I hadn’t left the ship yet, but planned to stretch my legs later on. I don’t have any excursions.
We did have company. Off in the distance I saw some cruise ships, and right next to is this behemoth:
I stopped by the future sales desk later in the morning. Unlike regular Celebrity cruises, this one is set up to only sell future StarVista Live cruises. Since this one has no future âšī¸, they had little to sell. And as I went by there, the agents were like Maytag repairmen sitting around and talking to each other. There was one gentleman that stopped in who got part of the memo about the UDC being canceled for next year. I didn’t stick around for his full answer.
Anyway, they had some nice banners around advertising their music charters. I recognize the band on this one:
I found a business card advertising next year’s Rock and Romance cruise. Here’s both sides of it:
I went onshore in Cozumel briefly to take a few pictures and see the sights, such as they were.
If you look very carefully, you can see the Ruby Princess tucked in behind the Carnival Valor. Two stories here:
1) I’ll be on the Ruby next month on another musical adventure – it also goes to Cozumel
2) My first cruise was on the Valor way back in 2014. It didn’t go to Cozumel.
I meandered through the day until I got the chance to see Boogie Wonder Band by the pool at 4. They’re a general disco eta tribute band from Canada of all places. They fit in a lot of songs and put on a high quality, high energy show. It was impossible for me not to boogie along. Here are some of the pictures that weren’t ruined by my dancing:
Not too long after this, The Whispers played in the main theater. They were a last-minute replacement for Billy Ocean. The theater wasn’t quite full for the show, but it was pretty close. We did have one special guest – let’s call her the neon butterfly lady:
Sorry, this was the best I could do here. She really did look better in person, even from a distance.
Anyway, The Whispers put on a good show, and the crowd got into it once they found songs they could recognize.
Also, I noted a few posts ago that Taylor Dayne’s late show on this cruise was 58 minutes long. This show clocked out at only 57 minutes. Quick but lively.
And that’s it. Try not to be too jealous. đ